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Why did 19.0 break Facebook?

After updating to 19.0, I can no longer post photos or follow links in FB. The shield is grey, and it says no trackers are being blocked. Is this your doing, or Facebook’s? I have an iPhone 6+ running iOS 12.4.1

After updating to 19.0, I can no longer post photos or follow links in FB. The shield is grey, and it says no trackers are being blocked. Is this your doing, or Facebook’s? I have an iPhone 6+ running iOS 12.4.1

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I have not tried Safari (I don’t use it for much), but I did notice that if I reload without tracking protection everything functions perfectly. The baffler is the bit about the halftone shield. If it indicted blocked trackers, that might point to the issue. It’s almost as if Zuckerberg senses the blocker and sends a non-functional page in place of the usual tracker-loaded package.

I have not tried Safari (I don’t use it for much), but I did notice that if I reload without tracking protection everything functions perfectly. The baffler is the bit about the halftone shield. If it indicted blocked trackers, that might point to the issue. It’s almost as if Zuckerberg senses the blocker and sends a non-functional page in place of the usual tracker-loaded package.

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In the latest update (19.0) the shield is fulltone and purple when trackers are being blocked, and halftone gray when none are present. Tapping the gray shield produces a message indicating that no trackers are present. Tapping the purple shield produces a list of trackers. It looks a whole lot like Zuck’s fighting back. I’ll stop using the site before I let him win.

In the latest update (19.0) the shield is fulltone and purple when trackers are being blocked, and halftone gray when none are present. Tapping the gray shield produces a message indicating that no trackers are present. Tapping the purple shield produces a list of trackers. It looks a whole lot like Zuck’s fighting back. I’ll stop using the site before I let him win.